After winning a program-record 29 games, including 19 straight at one point, making it all the way to the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament after the emotional roller coaster that is the NCAA Tournament selection process, head coach Bruiser Flint and his team were simply exhausted. Who could blame them after the outstanding season [...]
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Dragons win first ever NIT game
Sophomore forward Goran Pantovic attempts a shot against the University of Central Florida. Pantovic played eight minutes agaunst UCF and scored a career high 10 points The selection committee didn’t call Drexel’s name to be invited to the big dance on Selection Sunday. After posting a 25-2 record since Dec. 10, the Dragons were left [...]
VCU puts end to Dragons’ 19-game winning streak
After a stretch that remained so constant, there is much uncertainty as to how the remainder of Drexel’s 2011-12 men’s basketball season will finish. For more than two months, the Dragons were unbeaten. Their only loss since Dec. 10 was to Georgia State University in Atlanta Jan. 2. It was all building toward a guaranteed [...]
Graber wraps up career
If you have been following the Drexel men’s basketball team’s incredible season, you may assume that forward Samme Givens is the team’s lone senior. However, there is another member of the team who is playing out his senior season on the sidelines: Steven Graber. Graber is the team’s head manager, and he is responsible for [...]
Basketball star arrested and suspended
The Drexel men’s basketball team has suffered its first loss in what seems like all season, as the team hasn’t lost a game since Jan. 2. Junior Derrick Thomas was recently charged with simple assault and criminal trespass. The charges stem from an incident that took place in December on La Salle University’s campus, according [...]
Basketball closes season on 17-game win streak
From one senior to another, I wish I had a senior day that was focused on all of my accomplishments. Drexel senior forward Samme Givens had his, and now it was time for Old Dominion University’s Kent Bazemore to get his — but Drexel wasn’t having it. The Dragons gave him the opportunity Feb. 25 [...]
Dragons clinch first ever CAA regular season title
If there were a night in which Drexel men’s basketball has seen more positives, one would be hard pressed to find it. The Dragons defeated James Madison University 78-61 at the DAC Feb. 22 for their 16th consecutive victory. The win gives Drexel (24-5, 15-2 Colonial Athletic Association) the second-longest active Division I winning streak [...]
Men’s bball earns 14th straight win
After beating Hofstra University for their 13th straight win and 21st victory of the season, the Drexel men’s basketball team welcomed the Tribe of The College of William & Mary to the DAC on Valentine’s Day. The Dragons were able to earn their 14th straight win in a game that went down to the wire [...]
Men’s basketball stays hot with 12th win in a row
In 2010-11 the Drexel men’s basketball team won 21 games overall, 11 of which were in their conference. The 20th victory in the season came in the final game of the regular season against the Towson Tigers, the same team they would beat in the first round of the conference tournament just one week later. [...]
Men’s basketball atop the CAA; win 10 consecutive
Drexel freshman guard Damion Lee goes up for a shot at the DAC during the Dragons 68-48 win over Georgia State Jan. 25. From Feb. 13, 1988 until Feb. 4, 1989, the University of Richmond Spiders, then members of the Colonial Athletic Association, won 17 consecutive regular-season conference matchups. That is the CAA’s longest standing [...]
Dragons blow out Panthers 68-46
The Dragons are breathing fire right now — plain and simple. They boast a 16-5 record (8-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association) and are tied for second in the CAA standings, just below George Mason University and tied with Virginia Commonwealth University and Old Dominion University. The Dragons have won eight games in a row, [...]
Thomas’ game: steller defense
Drexel junior guard Derrick Thomas looks to pass the ball at midcourt, during the Dragons 71-53 win over the Huskies Jan. 21. Thomas scored a game-high 20 points. In order to be a great defensive team, or defensive player, you need to have certain traits. You need to be physical, intense and aggressive, yet responsible [...]
Blazing hot Dragons win fourth and fifth straight
Drexel junior guard Chris Fouch dribbles the ball around the three-point line, while being defended by George Mason redshirt sophomore guard Sherrod Wright during the Dragons 60-53 win over the Patriots at the DAC Jan. 12. Fouch scored six points in 13 minutes. One more win. That’s right, one more consecutive victory and the Drexel [...]
Lee’s 21 helps Dragons top Patriots; 5-0 at DAC
Sophomore point guard Frantz Massenat holds the ball away from George Mason sophomore point guard Byron Allen. Massenat scored 12 points in the 60-53 victory. A freshman is the toast of the campus this week as freshman guard Derrick Lee dropped 21 points — 16 in the second half — to completely take over the [...]
Blast from the Drexel past:
Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups, left, drives against New York Knicks’ Malik Rose during the first half, April 16. ’06 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. Detroit won 103-97. This week your friends at the sports section are introducing a new column called “Blast from the Past,” where we will take a look [...]
St. Joe’s throws block party in 62-49 win over DU
C.J. Aiken — pause for effect. That name will be ringing in the ears of Bruiser Flint’s players for many days to come. In fact, if — and that’s a big if — any of the Dragons are able to get some shuteye in the near future, Aiken will be there as well, haunting their [...]
Lee steps up into rookie spotlight
Drexel freshman basketball player Damion Lee has been turning many heads with his surprising play to this point in the young season. Lee, a 6-foot-6 guard from Baltimore, has started and been a key contributor in all four games this season. Lee began high school in Connecticut, where he was a First Team All-New England [...]
Massenat, Givens lead Dragons past Rider on ESPN
With just over four minutes remaining in the first half Nov. 15 in Lawrenceville, N.J., the Rider Broncs led the Dragons 26-18 and things weren’t looking too good for the Colonial Athletic Association favorites. But that thought was quickly demolished as Drexel proceeded to go on a 10-2 run to head into the locker room [...]
Dragon’s tip-off at 6 a.m.
The Dragons are tipping off their 2011-12 season later than most teams, but take that with a grain of salt because they are still starting extremely early — in the day, that is, 6 a.m. to be exact. So if you happen to be waking up for work or class and you turn on ESPN, [...]
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SHAFTED! Dragons snubbed by NCAA committee
by Alex Falk on March 16, 2012 in Men's Basketball, Sports
Drexel head coach James “Bruiser” Flint roams the sidelines during the Dragons 56-59 loss to Virginia Commonwealth University in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship game. The tournament took place in Richmond, Va. at the Richmond Coliseum. Drexel vs. the world — not necessarily. The above statement has caught on as “the thing” to say after [...]